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\nMoorheadKennedy  \nNelson T.Shields  \n\"The PeaceCorps in the1980's”  \nLobbyistHandgun Control,Inc.  \nDirector,Cathedral Peace InstituteFormer American hostage in Iran  \n\"Lessons FromIran”  \n“Guns Don't Die,People Do”  \nNoon,Friday Gold BallroomSheraton Palace Hotel  \nNoon,Tuesday,GoldenGateway BallroomHyatt Regency Hotel  \nNoon,Friday Ralston RoomSheraton Palace Hotel  \nAdvance Tickets-$10 for members,$11for guests.Mail check with self-addressed,stamped envelope,toCommonwealth Club,681 Market Street,S.F.94105,or call (415)362-4903 forreservations.Tickets must be purchasedby 5 p.m.,Wednesday.July 22.Unpaidreservations will be cancelled at thattime.No refunds or cancellations afterthat date.A limited number of ticketswill be available at the door on a firstcome,first served basis.  \nAdvance Tickets-$12 for members,$13for guestsMail check with self-addressedstamped envelope,toCommonwealth Club,681 Market Street,S.F.94105,or call (415)362-4903 forreservations.Tickets must be purchasedby 2 p.m.,Friday.July 24.Unpaidreservations will be cancelled at thattime.No refunds or cancellations afterthat date.A limited number of ticketswill be available at the door on a firstcome,first served basis.  \nAdvance Tickets-$10 for members,$11for guests.Mail check with self-addressed,stamped envelope,to Com-monwealth Club,681 Market Street,S.F.94105,or call (415)362-4903 forreservations.Tickets must be purchasedby 5 p.m.,Wednesday,July 29.Unpaidreservations will be cancelled at thattime.No refunds or cancellations afterthat date.A limited number of ticketswill be available at the door on a firstcome,first served basis.  \nFrederic SpeierQuarterly Chairman  \nFredric SpeierQuarterly Chairman  \nFredric SpeierQuarterly Chairman  \nINSIDE:196.Bill Honig,candidate for State  \nSuperintendent of Public Instruction,believes,\"Ourschools have become too soft and permissive...”197.Study Section Meeting Schedule,July 20-August 25.198.National Defense and Business Economics Section'sspeaker sees,\"no necessity for the draft.\"  \n# “Education:AState ofEmergency”\n\n.FRIDAY FLASHES-July 10,1981BILL HONIG  \nCandidate for State Superintendentof Public Instruction  \nIt probably comes as no surprise thatduring the last ten years the perform-ance of American students has deterior-ated rapidly.What may be surprising ishow much faster the performance ofCalifornia students has dropped andhow severe that decline has been.Nationwide,our twelfth graders nowscore in the 28th percentile in writing.the 34th percentile in reading and the  \n(bmmonueallh  \nPublication:ISSN0010-3349)Published every Monday by theCommonwealth Club of California681 Market StreetSan Francisco,California 94105(415)362-4903  \nEditor:Donna M.Smith  \nOFFICERS OF THE CLUB  \nEugene M.Herson……PresidentRichard C.Dinkelspiel..Vice PresidentNelson S.Weller…      ChairmanExecutive CommitteeCarol E.Wilder  …    SecretaryPeter Meeks…       .TreasurerMichael J.Brassington…   ExecutiveDirectorJames 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